Preliminary report of the past and present uses, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Abstract

This report contains the findings of a records search performed to survey the past and present use, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes at the Lawrence Liver more National Laboratory (LLNL) site. The first draft of this report was prepared by staff of LLNL's Environmental Protection Program (EPP) in response to a request from the California Department of Health Services (DOHS) and submitted to them in March 1985. This report is also intended to provide a point of departure for further planning ut environmental protection activities at the site. It is an EPP document maintained in a format to allow for easy updating of information. The principal author of the report submitted to DOHS is Mona Dreicer, an EPP environmental analyst. Information in the report was reviewed by Burdon Musgrave, EPP Leader; Majorie Gonzalez and Richard Ragaini, EPP Associate Program Leaders; and the Associate Directors' representatives for environmental concerns. Most of the information in this report was supplied by cooperative employees from many different LLNL programs, especially from the Plant Engineering Department and the Hazards Control Department. Others who have made valuable contributions to this report both in its early stages and in its current version are, in alphabetical order: J.

Evaluation of historical beryllium abundance in soils, airborne particulates and facilities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

“…Analysis of the 2007 report by Mullins and Kamerzell (2007) found contaminated soil outside the machine shop facility in agreement with data in Dreicer (1985), but it is unlikely that foot traffic through the contaminated soil to the carpet location was responsible. Rather, it is suspected that tracking of beryllium from the neighboring machine shop had occurred (Sutton and Lee, 2009).…”

“…The authors performed multi-element analysis on the samples collected to determine the nature of the beryllium in each sample and found good correlation between Be, Al, Ni and V, with derived tolerance limits for each normalized Be ratio that encompassed 95% of the normal population with 95% confidence. Using Mullin and Kamerzell's upper tolerance limit (UTL 95%95% ) for Be:Al of 5.07 x10 -5 , we identified two outliers (Figure 1) in the southeast and southwest corners of a facility in an area that was historically used for beryllium activities including machining, waste handling, and storage (Dreicer, 1985). Excluding these two contaminated soil outliers from the population of background soils, the UTL 95%95% for ratio of Be:Al is recalculated as 4.73 x10 -5 with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.70.…”

National Ignition Facility draft supplemental environmental impact statement to the SSM PEIS

“…These sampling and characterization documents date from 1982 to 1996 and include documents prepared for state and federal agencies to satisfy environmental regulations. The first comprehensive environmental document assembled is known as the Dreicer Report (Dreicer 1985), which reviewed uses, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials at LLNL up until 1985. While the Dreicer Report was primarily a review of historical information and a survey of waste management practices, many other reports covered specific sampling and characterization activities, including key monthly reports from the Environmental Restoration Division.…”

National Ignition Facility Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the SSM PEIS

“…The landfill was operated from around 1965 to 1974. (An additional garbage pit from the same or earlier era located along the eastern border of the northeast quadrant is outside the stipulated areas [Dreicer 1985]). …”